Either someone is buried there or it took a really long time to build this house. Has anyone seen anything like this before? What does 1868-1957 signify?
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What the Helen of Troy is This
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Walking down 14th Street this lady approached me with her “model” selling jewelry and pitching the holistic health store. I was actually in the market for some coral necklaces but the model freaked me out too much. Has anyone else encountered this sales pitch? Dang, just looking at the photo it freaks me out.
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So if your outdoor stairs are completely carpeted do you use a vacuum cleaner to clean it?
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What the hell do they use these mailboxes that don’t open for?
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I see these all over many real estate signs. So what are they? Would they sway one in buying one house over another? I seem to recall a friend of mine saying that they’re not actually that useful. Like there is some sort of high deductible or something. Please educate me.
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I was absolutely stunned to encounter this lawn jockey on my walk about this past weekend. I didn’t just take a double take, I took a quadruple take. Then I slapped my face a few times and looked again. Indeed, I thought I may have been transported back decades. I thought for sure this must have been one of the most racist things I’ve ever encountered in DC. But maybe I was wrong. I did a little research when I got back home and apparently back in the Underground Railroad days these lawn jockeys used to signify a safe place. Sometimes those supporting the Underground railroad would tie a a green string around the wrist to signify a safe place. You can read more about the history at this Web site or here at the Wikipedia entry.
So after reading the history a bit, what do you think about encountering a lawn jockey like this? Is it racist or in homage to the Underground railroad or is it simply a lawn decoration?
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How come I’ve only seen them in the U Street area? Are there no historical houses in Columbia Heights and Petworth? I mean Lincoln loved Petworth right, that’s historic?
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What the hell is zone 4C? Incidentally, Let me ask you: Should I sell my car? I never use it really. I’ll use it to buy groceries once every three months and occasionally go golfing but other than that I don’t really use it. Should I just use Zip car? I remember we spoke about the spots outside Domku a while ago. But I forget, can anyone vouch for Zip car?
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Well apparently it is a cross between a loft and a hostel. And thanks to a reader for pointing it out to me, we have one right in Petworth at 4115 8th Street, NW. Does that address sound familiar? Indeed this location was featured a few weeks back as a pop up renovation I visited. And now it is a LOFTSTEL. According to their Web site “Loftstel is the #1 destination for international students and interns”. Daily rates are $25 and monthly rates are $400. Interestingly the Web site breaks down the patrons like so:
* average length of stay : 5 weeks
* median age : 24 years
* gender ratio: 39% male, 61% female
* international mix: 58% are foreign
Apparently there are also “LOFSTELs” in Philadelphia and New York City. The reader who alerted me to this development, I think justifiably, asks is this even legal? Good question, does this establishment need a special permit? What do you guys think, is this a good addition to the neighborhood or a disaster waiting to happen? Actually I should stay a night there, that would be a freakin’ awesome post…stay tuned…
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I walked by this place dozens of times on 14th Street south of the Taco Bell. I’ve always assumed it was the Masons or the Red Elks or somebody like that. So who knows the scoop on this? And what do the symbols mean? I’ve always wanted to belong to a “Supreme Council” of some sort…